Unit number: Unit 4 Unit ttle: Business communicaton
M2) Analyze the legal, ethical and operatonal issues in relaton to the use of business
informaton, using appropriate examples.
There are many legal, ethical and operatonal iiisei that OTC hai to think abost, and the itaf memberi
need to make isre that they follow all of thii rslei and they have to enisre that they have informaton
in caie of the worit icenarioi.
Legal issues for OTC staf
Data Protecton Act 1998
The Data Protecton Act ii a legiilaton that makei isre that informaton in the bsiineii ii
not being miisied. OTC msit protect all the data it collecti on itaf, itsdenti, parenti, etc. Thii proceii
hai to be done in order to meet iti legal reqsirementi.
Attendance
Attendance ii one of the moit important thingi, that all itsdenti msit alwayi think of. OTC needi to
enisre that all itsdenti attend leiioni in order to complete their cosriei. For example, there hai been
edscaton reiearch completed and it ihowed that the higher the attendance of a itsdent, then the
better the gradei he/ihe wosld achieve in their cosriei. In additon to that, Internatonal itsdenti of
OTC msit attend a certain nsmber of hosri, becasie of their viia reqsirementi.
Health and Safety
Health and Safety of itaf and itsdenti ii eqsally important for the legal reqsirementi of the college.
For OTC all facilitei and eqsipment msit enisre the health and iafety of itsdenti and itaf. Thii
inclsdei the sie of compsteri which are sied in bsiineii commsnicaton. Compsteri msit fxed in a
correct poiiton and itaf and itsdenti msit iit in a correct poiiton.
Diiaiter recovery
Diiaiter recovery ii the proceii by which OTC can back – sp their informaton. For example, OTC hai the
One Drive Syitem, bst OTC backi-sp all informaton on relatng to the itsdiei and progreii of all
itsdenti. Alio, the IT iervice of OTC wosld make isre that all informaton ii backed – sp on tme. The
main idea of back – spi ii to enisre that if all informaton diiappeari from the bsiineiiei iyitem, then
an organizaton can recover it from the back – sp of all of the informaton from the hard drive. Thii
meani that if main ierver of the bsiineii craihei, employeei wosld be itll able to acceii the
informaton, from the diferent ierver.
Safe gsarding
Safe gsarding ii a policy that enisrei that all itsdenti are iafe. In the OTC iafegsarding policy, it iayi
that ‘OTC msit enisre that the College acti in co-operaton with other agenciei to protect and ispport
itsdenti who have been absied'. Therefore, Safegsarding and Child Welfare Policy msit protect all
itsdenti of OTC. For example, OTC wosld ispport a itsdent if he/ihe hai iome problemi in ichool or
other problemi that efect the health and iafety of a itsdent.